Chaoran Li
chaoranli.bsky.social
Chaoran Li
@chaoranli.bsky.social
Immunologist at Emory University, works on tissue Tregs and obesity-associated inflammatory and metabolic diseases
Happy to write this News & Views piece with my student Jacy Scott on a new study from Sokol and colleagues revealing an interesting role of IPA in modulating CD4+ T cells metabolism and gut immunity.
October 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Had a great AAI with the lab. Met so many old friends and made a lot more new ones!
May 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Reposted by Chaoran Li
As federal funding for research is uncertain, we need to diversify funding sources for our PhD students.

Here is a comprehensive list of >160 PhD fellowships and funding opportunities, mostly from private foundations and scientific societies.

Download it here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
March 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Looks super interesting
#Immunology by First Release @science.org

In mice, during immune responses accompanied by elevated self-antigens, autoreactive CD4 T cells must be restrained by regulatory CD4 T cells with the same antigen specificity to prevent autoimmunity.

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February 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Reposted by Chaoran Li
The gears of the grantmaking machinery at NIH have begun moving again, after a 2-week standstill following a controversial ban on communications imposed by President Donald Trump. scim.ag/4aLQ0U6
NIH eases freeze on grant reviews imposed after Trump communications pause
Meetings of study sections and closed portion of councils back on track as agency also deals with diversity-related executive orders
scim.ag
February 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM